Happy Hours in Arlington, Virginia

One address in Arlington holds four separate happy hours. At 4238 Wilson Boulevard, WHINO lists $5 beers with $7 wine and cocktails, Punch Bowl Social lists $5 specials, JINYA lists $5 sake with a dollar off beer, and Superette lists $2 off glass wine with a dollar off beer. That is Ballston Quarter, and it is the densest single point in a county where Wilson Boulevard already carries more listings than any other street, running from Rosslyn through Clarendon and out to Ballston.

Oysters do well here for a landlocked county. The Salt Line at 4040 Wilson lists them at $1.50 with a dollar off beer, and Copperwood Tavern on Campbell Avenue in Shirlington lists $2 oysters from 4 to 6.

Shirlington is the other cluster worth parking for. Palette 22 on Campbell lists $5.22 wines, a price built around the street number, and Samuel Beckett's on South Randolph lists a dollar off Guinness. Crystal City and National Landing add Bar Chinois on 19th Court South at $1 dumplings and Nighthawk Brewery on South Joyce at $2 off drafts.

Wells and drafts at $5 is the default listing across the county, and the cheaper Mexican entries undercut it: El Paso Cafe on North Pershing lists $4 margaritas with $3 beers.